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Rest In Peace, Gerry Rafferty
The music world lost Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty today. He battled liver failure over recent years, allegedly brought on by years of alcohol abuse. Rafferty was 63. He rose to acclaim in the mid-70′s as a member of Stealers Wheel, which included keyboardist Joe Egan. They bagged a Top 10 hit in the USA with [...]
“Neil Young” and Bruce Springsteen
Jimmy Fallon, host of Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, has proven to be a pretty good musical satirist in the past. However, nothing topped his performance on November 16th on his late-night talk show. He was introduced as “Neil Young”, dressing the part of a 1970′s looking version of Mr. Young. He started singing a [...]
Goodbye, King Solomon
Solomon Burke, R&B Singer and Pentecostal preacher, passed away yesterday at age 70, allegedly due to natural causes. Mr. Burke, aka “King Solomon”, died the way he lived most of his life… on tour. He died while on a plane bound from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, where he was to face another sold-out show. Burke’s [...]
Ray Davies Announces New CD
Ray Davies, former front man and chief writer for The Kinks has announced a new CD titled, “See My Friends”. This new album, due out November 1st, is a musical collaboration between Davies and some of his younger musical counterparts, including Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Jackson Browne, Bon Jovi, Lucinda Williams and more. The track list [...]
Ides of March honored in their hometown
The Berwyn Illinois band, Ides of March (famous for their huge 1970 hit “Vehicle”), were honored on September 12th by having a street named after them in their hometown. The Ides are back together with, incredibly, a roster that includes their original 1964 lineup of Jim Peterik, Mike Borch, Bob Bergland and Larry Millas. Click [...]
Beach Boys Reunion Scrapped
The much-anticipated 50th anniversary reunion of the Beach Boys will not happen. Brian Wilson himself phoned in on August 27th to Dave Fogel’s morning show on True Oldies 94.7 WLS in Chicago to promote his new album “Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin” (which is getting great reviews btw). Earlier this summer, Al Jardine told Rolling Stone [...]